If I travel to another country, I’ll generally need to make a currency exchange before I can go shopping. However, in ancient ...

The Viking maker tried to recreate Arabic script, and while it is "partially legible" it is "not gibberish", said Adrian Marsden A Viking-era brooch made in the style of an Arabic coin has been found ...

A Viking era treasure of silver coins, which was buried around the year 854, has been discovered on Denmark's Bornholm island, in the Baltic sea, the island's museum said Thursday. The 152 Arab and ...

Only five years ago, almost any Arab film at an international festival, unless made in Egypt or Turkey, drew European funding — but now, something is finally stirring in Arab home-grown film finance.

A Palestinian Arab has been arrested by the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria and the Customs Authority for attempting to smuggle 70 ancient coins from Jordan into Judea and Samaria. The ...

The article discusses a unique Arab-Sogdian copper coin issued in 160 AH in Ishtihan, sixty kilometres west of Samarqand. The Arabic date and mint name in combination with the tamgha on the Sogdian ...

After the Arab Caliphate conquered Transcaucasia, an area called Arminia was formed, mostly occupying the territory of the historical Armenia. After the fall of the Parthian kingdom in the first half ...

It may have been the greatest heist of all time, and it took place on the high seas. The royal ship Ganj-iSawai, property of Indian emperor Aurangzeb, had set sail from the port of Mocha on the Red ...

The Qatar Stamp and Coins Center organised its 26th annual auction at its headquarters in Al Sadd, with a distinguished attendance of collectors and enthusiasts from various Gulf and Arab countries.

Swedish archaeologists have discovered a rare hoard of Viking-age silver Arab coins near Stockholm's Arlanda airport. About 470 coins were found on 1 April at an early Iron Age burial site. They date ...

A Viking-era brooch made in the style of an Arabic coin has been found by a metal detectorist. The early medieval silver-plated Islamic replica dirham brooch was found at Watton, Norfolk. Coin ...